Dancing Queen
(1min, HD, China, 2018, Dir. Johnson Cheng)
*Official Selection of TIFFxInstagram Shorts Festival
On a summer evening in the People's Republic of China, a group of middle-aged and retired women head outside to perform a dance routine. They bring their own stereo. There’s no audience, only passersby. But once the music starts, an ordinary sidewalk is transformed into a spotlit stage, with bodies moving in synchronized harmony.